Aid transparency group Publish What You Fund has a new chief at the helm, announcing Tuesday the appointment of Rupert Simons as its new CEO.
Prior to his new role, Simons was country head of Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative in Liberia, and senior adviser to the nation’s president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. His team advised the president on improving government systems and structures, and also participated in building the skills and capacity of public officials serving in the government.
Simons has worked in government and with nonprofit and private firms, experience he may find useful as he leads the aid transparency group in getting organizations — donor agencies, multilaterals and nongovernmental organizations — to be more transparent and publish their aid information according to IATI standards.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
